new jebsey



A. COE.

EXTENSION STAFF AND CONTAINER FOR FLAGS.

AfPLlcAloN FILED JULY 24,1918'.

1,305,885, Patented June 3, 1919.

A TTORNEYS ADDISON COE, OF JERSEY CITY, NEW JERSEY, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO FREDERICK BERENBROICK, 0F UNION, NEW JERSEY.

EXTENSION-STAFF AND CONTAINER FOR FLAGS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Julie 3, 1919.

Application filed July 24, 1918. Serial No. 246,559.

To all whom t may 60m/cru Beit known that I, ADDISON Con, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Jersey City, in the county of Hudson and StateV of New Jersey, have invented a new and Improved Extension-Staffl and Container for Flags, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to an extensible flag staff and container, and the invention has for its general objects to provide a structure which is novel, simple and inexpensive and so designed that it can be yadapted as a pocket novelty, or can be used in large out of door iag staffs.

A more specific object of the invention is the provision of a flag staff, one portion of which is in the form of a container in which the Hag-carrying section is moved so as to extend or collapse the staff, the construction being such that the flag can be wound within the container without the hands coming into contact with the cloth of the flag, which is desirable, as thereby dampening of the flag and making a permanent curl therein will be prevented.

Writh such and other objects in view, the invention comprises various novel features of construction and arrangement of parts which will be set forth with particularity in the following description and claimsV appended hereto.

In the accompanying drawing, which illustrates certain embodiments of the invention and wherein similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the views, v

Figure l is a perspective view of the device with the iag unfurled;

Fig. 2 is a perspective view showing the flag as it is being wound; l

Fig. 3 is an enlarged sectional view with portions broken away to illustrate the details of construction; Y

Fig. 4 is an enlarged view with portions in section, the section being taken at rightangles to that shown in Fig. 3;

Fig. 5 is a sectional view of the device when the flag is rolled and housed within the container;

Figs. '6 and 7 are sectional views respectively on the lines 6-6 and 7-7 Figs. 3 and 5; and

Fig. 8 is a perspective view of a multiple flag device.

Referring to the drawing, A designates the container section of the flag staff, and B the flag-carrying section. The section A is in the form of a tube 1 which has a longitudinal slot 2 through which the flag C is drawn during the winding operation. On the bottom of the tube is a closing cap 3 permanently fastened in place, and the bottom 4 of this cap, together with the bottom edge 5 of the tubular body 1, constitutes a recess inwhich is disposed the key 6 on the base block 7 of the section B, when said section is fully inserted in the container, as shown in Fig. A5. The corners 8 at the bottom of the slot 2 are rounded, as shown in Fig. 4, so as to facilitate the passage of the key 6 into the slot 2, as when pulling up the section B. The upper end of the slot 2 is contracted to form stop lugs 9 to limit the upward movement of the key 6, and the edges of the slot at its upper end are rounded as at 10 so as to form a guide groove for permitting the flag to'pass into the slot when sliding the section B into the container A before winding up the flag.

The section B is in the form of a rod made in two parts 11 and 12, and between these parts is fastened the edge of the flag C. The block 7 is securely attached to the lower end of the rod or section B, and on the upper endis a cap 13 which tits over the upper end of the casing or vtube 1, so as to correspond with the cap 4. When the iiag is inserted into the casing A, one cap 3 is held by one handV and the top cap 13 by the other hand, and then by relative turning of the caps the iag will wind on the section B, and as it winds the flag is drawn in through the slot 2. The cap 13 has a bearing portion 14 which fits inside the upper end of the casing A so as to steady the turning section B as the flag is wound.

In caseit is desired to provide for a plurality of flags in a single device the arrangement shown in Fig. 8 is employed. rThe various casings A are attached rigidly to a plate or equivalent means 17 on which is a stud 18 having a rotatable pinion 19 turned by a knob 20, and the caps 13a are provided with teeth 21 to mesh with the pinion 19, so that all the flags can be wound at one time, but this arrangement of gearing does not preclude the use of any one flag at a time,

or all the flags can be displayed together. From the foregoing description taken in connect-ion with the accompanying drawing, the advantages of the construction and method of operation will be readily understood by those skilled in the art to which the invention appertains, and While I have described the Aprinciple of operation, together with the device which I now consider to be the best embodiment thereof, I desire to have it understood thatthe device shown is merely illustrative and that such changes may be made when desired as fall within the scope of the appended claims.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent:

41. A flag staff comprising a tubular section having a longitudinal slot open at. one end, a flag-carrying section slidable in the rst-mentioned section and having a key ,slidable in the slot and adapted to move out o-f the slot when the flag-carrying section is fully inserted, whereby the sections can Vrelatively turn, and a flag on the flag-carrying section adapted toenter the slot and Vto be drawn Vthrough the slot during the winding of the Yflag by the relative turning of the two sections..

2. A device of the class described comprising a tubular section having a slr-ot open at oneVV end and provided with stop. means adjacent the open end, a Vsecondv section slidable in the first section and having a key slidable in the slot and limited by engaging the stop means, said key being adapted to move out of the slot when the second' section is fully inserted in the first, whereby the two sections can be turned, and a flag on the second section and movable into the slot through the open end thereof with. the' inward movement of thesecond section.

'3. A device of the class described comprising a tubular body having a slot extending from one end to the other, the edges of the slot being rounded at` each end', a cap rigidly fastened' to one end of the tubular body to formi arecess, an inner section. having a block provided with a key slid'able'V in thevv slot and adapted to turn inthe recess when the inner section is fully inserted7 said slot having stop means for engagement' by the key toflimit the outward movement of the inner section, a Hag onthe inner section adapted; tol enter the slot as the inner section isvinserted, and a capon the outer end of the inner section to lit over the'endrof the tubular-body,whereby the two sections can be relatively turned to wind theY flag. Y 4. Thecombination of a plurality ofextensible flag staffs composed of sections movable axially and rotatable one with respectto another, and a' connnon device for turning all the flag-carryingsections, and v Copieshof' this patent may be obtained for each flag-carrying section being adapted for independent use. Y

'5. A plurality of flag staffs each includ-` ing a container section and a flag-carrying section, the sections being movable axially and rotatably,a gear on each flag-carrying section, and a gear adapted to mesh with all ofthe gears to Wind all the iiags simultane- Qusly.

6. A flagstalf and flag container including a tubular container section, and a Hag-carrying section telescoping in the container section and turnable relatively to said container section when in the latter, said container section having a slot through which a flag, when secured to the. flag-carrying section, may pass laterally into the container section in the relative turning o-f the sections to furl the flag,- said slot extending through the end of the container section to present an opening afford-ing an entrance passage for the unfurled flag longitudinally into the slot, in the movement of the flag-carrying sec-tion intor the container section.

7 A agstaff and flag container including a tubular container section, and a Hag-carrying section telescopingin the container section and turnabl'e relatively to said con.- tainer section when in the latter,` said container section having a' slot' through which a. fing, when secured tothe iiagl'carrying section, may pass laterally into the container section in the relative turningof-the sections to. furl the flag, said slot- Vextending through the end? of theV container section to present an opening affording an entrance passage for the unfurl'edv Hag longitudinally into the slot, in thel movement of' the flagecarrying section intothek container sectioniv;l together with a laterally project-ing member on the Hag-carrying section adapted to be slidably received in saidslot in the relative longitudinal movements of the iiagLcarl-"ying section and container section, and a stop adjacent to the said open end of the slot to engage saidlat'erally projecting member Aand. limit the outward movement of the iiagcai-lying section, saidl slot affording passage for a flag past the sai-d stop from the open end the slot.

8. A Hag-staff comp-risingfa tubular section having a longitudinal vslot open at oneend, al fiagmarrying section slidablekl in the first mentioned section and having' aV key slidfable inthe slot and adapted to move out of said slot when the Hag-carrying .section is fully inserted, whereb'yrthej sections can have relative turning movement, tofurl the iag on the Hag-carrying section andi' with-i-n the tubular section.

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